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1 `Beitknown thatl, GiLBERT L; BAiLEY, of "Portland, county of .Cumbeiland, `State l of "Maine,vhave invented-fa "nevvf" and Improved Modelfor Castersgfand I do hereby declare thatithe following is je 'full and "exact `de- ,scription thereof, reference beinghad to the "accompanying"drawings `and `to the letters.v

1 ofreference markedthereon.

y The nature'offmypinvention consists of `making A a'g new andgimproved mode `for Ailcasters.,`

`'I`ofenable"others,skilledin the art to make andfusemy invention, `I"Will proceed -to de-v` A `scribe its constructionfand operation.

" `I construct myfcastersfas seen in Figures l,

2,3,1and 4. Imakefa straight truck frame With'` thef"spindlegA made straight or tapering 4asm shall bejfound best'to apply into a" taperingfholejEes seen inf Figs. u1 N 2 andffl-also intoa `straight hole `1f) `as seen in `Fig.`"3 LHQSad.. spindle lA has a "pinBtthroughf `erfval guide Bapplied A on it near the bottomas seen in Fig. l-or near the top asseenin Fig. 2 or the spindle j` Amay be oval instead of the guide pin B in f3 1 Figyl the bearing is onthe top of the spindle A; in Fig. 2 `the bearing `is on the shoulder Gnear thefbottom `of the spindle A; thepin or oval guide shouldfbe set in a ,line With the axleor bearing of the truck F, vvhichby` j 1.UNITEDSTATES PATENT ermee.

A J lfoasTER Fon URNITURE.

\ y j` siennes-tiel; oftettferatent No. 12,578, dated March zo, 1855.

its action on the inside of the lhole in the 'socket E EOvhich is made larger than the 4spindleA) `causes the truck F to keep `al- Waysin a right position to be moved and alsothrows it from the center; the truck F is applied to the frame in the usual Way; thetruck frame Gr is made straight-Which holds the truck, which is different from the usual Way.

This improved caster is far preferable to any crooked caster, as it allows the table, V

sofa or piano, &c., to be moved with greater ease in anyndirection desired Without moving in an oblique direction, as is the case with crooked casters.

What `I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl The pin B or oval guide put through or applied to the spindle A, in any manner or its equivalent, and attached Yto a straight `truck frame Gr, with a socket hole E larger than the spindle A, in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein described and set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

GILBERT L. BAILEY.' Witnesses: i

E. L. Boo'rHBY, CHR. HOLDEN. 

